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. 1993 Jan;43(1):224-5.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.1_part_1.224.

Competent patients with advanced states of permanent paralysis have the right to forgo life-sustaining therapy

J L Bernat  1 , R E Cranford, F I Kittredge Jr, R N Rosenberg
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Competent patients with advanced states of permanent paralysis have the right to forgo life-sustaining therapy

J L Bernat et al. Neurology. 1993 Jan.
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  • Withholding therapy.
    Ducharme HM, Miller HJ. Ducharme HM, et al. Neurology. 1993 Aug;43(8):1630-1; author reply 1631-2. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.8.1630-a. Neurology. 1993. PMID: 8351037 No abstract available.
  • Withholding therapy.
    Burke WJ. Burke WJ. Neurology. 1993 Aug;43(8):1631; author reply 1631-2. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.8.1630-b. Neurology. 1993. PMID: 8351038 No abstract available.

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